X-Git-Url: https://git.tokkee.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Frrdgraph_graph.1;h=952aee2909cf7a3345718f75db0603583b89577c;hb=3a03e55068747637db4480d4f3a8ab8ef26c50b1;hp=09940ba3e9ec637e19c07e86f3c0c7b6a027faff;hpb=8892808f3a79ec485e273390213ef3f16792eb54;p=pkg-rrdtool.git diff --git a/doc/rrdgraph_graph.1 b/doc/rrdgraph_graph.1 index 09940ba..952aee2 100644 --- a/doc/rrdgraph_graph.1 +++ b/doc/rrdgraph_graph.1 @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "RRDGRAPH_GRAPH 1" -.TH RRDGRAPH_GRAPH 1 "2008-03-15" "1.3rc9" "rrdtool" +.TH RRDGRAPH_GRAPH 1 "2008-06-11" "1.3.0" "rrdtool" .SH "NAME" rrdgraph_graph \- rrdtool graph command reference .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -164,20 +164,20 @@ rrdgraph_graph \- rrdtool graph command reference These instructions allow you to generate your image or report. If you don't use any graph elements, no graph is generated. Similarly, no report is generated if you don't use print options. -.SH "PRINT" -.IX Header "PRINT" -.IP "\fB\s-1PRINT:\s0\fR\fIvname\fR\fB:\fR\fIformat\fR[\fB:strftime\fR]" 4 -.IX Item "PRINT:vname:format[:strftime]" +.Sh "\s-1PRINT\s0" +.IX Subsection "PRINT" +\fI\f(BI\s-1PRINT:\s0\fI\fIvname\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIformat\fI[\f(BI:strftime\fI]\fR +.IX Subsection "PRINT:vname:format[:strftime]" +.PP Depending on the context, either the value component or the time component of a \fB\s-1VDEF\s0\fR is printed using \fIformat\fR. It is an error to specify a \fIvname\fR generated by a \fB\s-1DEF\s0\fR or \fB\s-1CDEF\s0\fR. -.Sp +.PP Any text in \fIformat\fR is printed literally with one exception: The percent character introduces a formatter string. This string can be: -.Sp +.PP For printing values: -.RS 4 .IP "\fB%%\fR" 4 .IX Item "%%" just prints a literal '%' character @@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ magnitude unit. If there is no such unit yet, it tries to define one (just like \fB%s\fR) unless the value is zero, in which case the magnitude unit stays undefined. Thus, formatter strings using \fB%S\fR and no \fB%s\fR will all use the same magnitude unit except for zero values. -.RE -.RS 4 -.Sp +.PP If you \s-1PRINT\s0 a \s-1VDEF\s0 value, you can also print the time associated with it by appending the string \&\fB:strftime\fR to the format. Note that rrdtool uses the strftime function of your OSs clibrary. This means that the conversion specifier may vary. Check the manual page if you are uncertain. The following is a list of @@ -284,29 +282,35 @@ The time zone or name or abbreviation. .IP "\fB%%\fR" 4 .IX Item "%%" A literal `%' character. -.RE -.RS 4 -.RE -.IP "\fB\s-1PRINT:\s0\fR\fIvname\fR\fB:\fR\fI\s-1CF\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIformat\fR" 4 -.IX Item "PRINT:vname:CF:format" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1PRINT:\s0\fI\fIvname\fI\f(BI:\fI\fI\s-1CF\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIformat\fI\fR +.IX Subsection "PRINT:vname:CF:format" +.PP \&\fIDeprecated. Use the new form of this command in new scripts.\fR The first form of this command is to be used with \fB\s-1CDEF\s0\fR \fIvname\fRs. -.SH "GRAPH" -.IX Header "GRAPH" -.IP "\fB\s-1GPRINT\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIvname\fR\fB:\fR\fIformat\fR" 4 -.IX Item "GPRINT:vname:format" +.Sh "\s-1GRAPH\s0" +.IX Subsection "GRAPH" +\fI\f(BI\s-1GPRINT\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIvname\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIformat\fI\fR +.IX Subsection "GPRINT:vname:format" +.PP This is the same as \f(CW\*(C`PRINT\*(C'\fR, but printed inside the graph. -.IP "\fB\s-1GPRINT\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIvname\fR\fB:\fR\fI\s-1CF\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIformat\fR" 4 -.IX Item "GPRINT:vname:CF:format" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1GPRINT\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIvname\fI\f(BI:\fI\fI\s-1CF\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIformat\fI\fR +.IX Subsection "GPRINT:vname:CF:format" +.PP \&\fIDeprecated. Use the new form of this command in new scripts.\fR This is the same as \f(CW\*(C`PRINT\*(C'\fR, but printed inside the graph. -.IP "\fB\s-1COMMENT\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fItext\fR" 4 -.IX Item "COMMENT:text" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1COMMENT\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fItext\fI\fR +.IX Subsection "COMMENT:text" +.PP Text is printed literally in the legend section of the graph. Note that in RRDtool 1.2 you have to escape colons in \s-1COMMENT\s0 text in the same way you have to escape them in \fB*PRINT\fR commands by writing \fB'\e:'\fR. -.IP "\fB\s-1VRULE\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fItime\fR\fB#\fR\fIcolor\fR[\fB:\fR\fIlegend\fR][\fB:dashes\fR[\fB=\fR\fIon_s\fR[,\fIoff_s\fR[,\fIon_s\fR,\fIoff_s\fR]...]][\fB:dash\-offset=\fR\fIoffset\fR]]" 4 -.IX Item "VRULE:time#color[:legend][:dashes[=on_s[,off_s[,on_s,off_s]...]][:dash-offset=offset]]" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1VRULE\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fItime\fI\f(BI#\fI\fIcolor\fI[\f(BI:\fI\fIlegend\fI][\f(BI:dashes\fI[\f(BI=\fI\fIon_s\fI[,\fIoff_s\fI[,\fIon_s\fI,\fIoff_s\fI]...]][\f(BI:dash\-offset=\fI\fIoffset\fI]]\fR +.IX Subsection "VRULE:time#color[:legend][:dashes[=on_s[,off_s[,on_s,off_s]...]][:dash-offset=offset]]" +.PP Draw a vertical line at \fItime\fR. Its color is composed from three hexadecimal numbers specifying the rgb color components (00 is off, \s-1FF\s0 is maximum) red, green and blue followed by an optional alpha. Optionally, a legend box and string is @@ -314,13 +318,17 @@ printed in the legend section. \fItime\fR may be a number or a variable from a \fB\s-1VDEF\s0\fR. It is an error to use \fIvname\fRs from \fB\s-1DEF\s0\fR or \fB\s-1CDEF\s0\fR here. Dashed lines can be drawn using the \fBdashes\fR modifier. See \fB\s-1LINE\s0\fR for more details. -.IP "\fB\s-1HRULE\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIvalue\fR\fB#\fR\fIcolor\fR[\fB:\fR\fIlegend\fR][\fB:dashes\fR[\fB=\fR\fIon_s\fR[,\fIoff_s\fR[,\fIon_s\fR,\fIoff_s\fR]...]][\fB:dash\-offset=\fR\fIoffset\fR]]" 4 -.IX Item "HRULE:value#color[:legend][:dashes[=on_s[,off_s[,on_s,off_s]...]][:dash-offset=offset]]" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1HRULE\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIvalue\fI\f(BI#\fI\fIcolor\fI[\f(BI:\fI\fIlegend\fI][\f(BI:dashes\fI[\f(BI=\fI\fIon_s\fI[,\fIoff_s\fI[,\fIon_s\fI,\fIoff_s\fI]...]][\f(BI:dash\-offset=\fI\fIoffset\fI]]\fR +.IX Subsection "HRULE:value#color[:legend][:dashes[=on_s[,off_s[,on_s,off_s]...]][:dash-offset=offset]]" +.PP Draw a horizontal line at \fIvalue\fR. \s-1HRULE\s0 acts much like \s-1LINE\s0 except that will have no effect on the scale of the graph. If a \s-1HRULE\s0 is outside the graphing area it will just not be visible. -.IP "\fB\s-1LINE\s0\fR[\fIwidth\fR]\fB:\fR\fIvalue\fR[\fB#\fR\fIcolor\fR][\fB:\fR[\fIlegend\fR][\fB:STACK\fR]][\fB:dashes\fR[\fB=\fR\fIon_s\fR[,\fIoff_s\fR[,\fIon_s\fR,\fIoff_s\fR]...]][\fB:dash\-offset=\fR\fIoffset\fR]]" 4 -.IX Item "LINE[width]:value[#color][:[legend][:STACK]][:dashes[=on_s[,off_s[,on_s,off_s]...]][:dash-offset=offset]]" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1LINE\s0\fI[\fIwidth\fI]\f(BI:\fI\fIvalue\fI[\f(BI#\fI\fIcolor\fI][\f(BI:\fI[\fIlegend\fI][\f(BI:STACK\fI]][\f(BI:dashes\fI[\f(BI=\fI\fIon_s\fI[,\fIoff_s\fI[,\fIon_s\fI,\fIoff_s\fI]...]][\f(BI:dash\-offset=\fI\fIoffset\fI]]\fR +.IX Subsection "LINE[width]:value[#color][:[legend][:STACK]][:dashes[=on_s[,off_s[,on_s,off_s]...]][:dash-offset=offset]]" +.PP Draw a line of the specified width onto the graph. \fIwidth\fR can be a floating point number. If the color is not specified, the drawing is done \&'invisibly'. This is useful when stacking something else on top of this @@ -329,7 +337,7 @@ the legend section if specified. The \fBvalue\fR can be generated by \fB\s-1DEF\ \&\fB\s-1VDEF\s0\fR, and \fB\s-1CDEF\s0\fR. If the optional \fB\s-1STACK\s0\fR modifier is used, this line is stacked on top of the previous element which can be a \fB\s-1LINE\s0\fR or an \&\fB\s-1AREA\s0\fR. -.Sp +.PP The \fBdashes\fR modifier enables dashed line style. Without any further options a symmetric dashed line with a segment length of 5 pixels will be drawn. The dash pattern can be changed if the \fBdashes=\fR parameter is followed by either @@ -337,38 +345,48 @@ one value or an even number (1, 2, 4, 6, ...) of positive values. Each value provides the length of alternate \fIon_s\fR and \fIoff_s\fR portions of the stroke. The \fBdash-offset\fR parameter specifies an \fIoffset\fR into the pattern at which the stroke begins. -.Sp +.PP When you do not specify a color, you cannot specify a legend. Should you want to use \s-1STACK\s0, use the \*(L"LINEx:::STACK\*(R" form. -.IP "\fB\s-1AREA\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIvalue\fR[\fB#\fR\fIcolor\fR][\fB:\fR[\fIlegend\fR][\fB:STACK\fR]]" 4 -.IX Item "AREA:value[#color][:[legend][:STACK]]" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1AREA\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIvalue\fI[\f(BI#\fI\fIcolor\fI][\f(BI:\fI[\fIlegend\fI][\f(BI:STACK\fI]]\fR +.IX Subsection "AREA:value[#color][:[legend][:STACK]]" +.PP See \fB\s-1LINE\s0\fR, however the area between the x\-axis and the line will be filled. -.IP "\fB\s-1TICK\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIvname\fR\fB#\fR\fIrrggbb\fR[\fIaa\fR][\fB:\fR\fIfraction\fR[\fB:\fR\fIlegend\fR]]" 4 -.IX Item "TICK:vname#rrggbb[aa][:fraction[:legend]]" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1TICK\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIvname\fI\f(BI#\fI\fIrrggbb\fI[\fIaa\fI][\f(BI:\fI\fIfraction\fI[\f(BI:\fI\fIlegend\fI]]\fR +.IX Subsection "TICK:vname#rrggbb[aa][:fraction[:legend]]" +.PP Plot a tick mark (a vertical line) for each value of \fIvname\fR that is non-zero and not *UNKNOWN*. The \fIfraction\fR argument specifies the length of the tick mark as a fraction of the y\-axis; the default value is 0.1 (10% of the axis). Note that the color specification is not optional. The \s-1TICK\s0 marks normaly start at the lower edge of the graphing area. If the fraction is negative they start at the upper border of the graphing area. -.IP "\fB\s-1SHIFT\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIvname\fR\fB:\fR\fIoffset\fR" 4 -.IX Item "SHIFT:vname:offset" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1SHIFT\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIvname\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIoffset\fI\fR +.IX Subsection "SHIFT:vname:offset" +.PP Using this command \fBRRDtool\fR will graph the following elements with the specified offset. For instance, you can specify an offset of (\ 7*24*60*60\ =\ )\ 604'800\ seconds to \*(L"look back\*(R" one week. Make sure to tell the viewer of your graph you did this ... As with the other graphing elements, you can specify a number or a variable here. -.IP "\fB\s-1TEXTALIGN\s0\fR\fB:\fR{\fBleft\fR|\fBright\fR|\fBjustified\fR|\fBcenter\fR}" 4 -.IX Item "TEXTALIGN:{left|right|justified|center}" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1TEXTALIGN\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI{\f(BIleft\fI|\f(BIright\fI|\f(BIjustified\fI|\f(BIcenter\fI}\fR +.IX Subsection "TEXTALIGN:{left|right|justified|center}" +.PP Labels are placed below the graph. When they overflow to the left, they wrap to the next line. By default, lines are justified left and right. The \&\fB\s-1TEXTALIGN\s0\fR function lets you change this default. This is a command and not an option, so that you can change the default several times in your argument list. -.IP "\fB\s-1STACK\s0\fR\fB:\fR\fIvname\fR\fB#\fR\fIcolor\fR[\fB:\fR\fIlegend\fR]" 4 -.IX Item "STACK:vname#color[:legend]" +.PP +\fI\f(BI\s-1STACK\s0\fI\f(BI:\fI\fIvname\fI\f(BI#\fI\fIcolor\fI[\f(BI:\fI\fIlegend\fI]\fR +.IX Subsection "STACK:vname#color[:legend]" +.PP \&\fIDeprecated. Use the \f(BI\s-1STACK\s0\fI modifiers on the other commands.\fR .PP \&\fBSome notes on stacking\fR